Creating change from below: Early lessons for agents of change

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 70-82

  Clarke, Martin ^a   Meldrum, Mike ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communications; Organizational change; Organizational development; Strategic planning; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005415406     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437739910259172     Document Type: Article

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